Session 2 Opportunities
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Note: some sessions will be recorded and available after the P2 Summit.
How Can We Build an Education System that Centers Justice, Equity and Well-Being in a White Supremacy Culture?
Join youth and adults from Voices for Vermont’s Children for an exploration of our shared work focused on education equity. The organizers will share their work with Voices and the Vermont Education Equity Project. Their work together includes community schools as a path to equity; ethnic and social equity standards for diverse and inclusive curricula; literacy and comprehension; youth-led restorative justice in schools; equitable distribution of federal recovery money; and examining how white supremacy culture shows up in our work, and how we address it. More importantly, the goal of the session is to center the experiences, hopes, frustrations and ideas of young people.
Presenters:
Fabiola Mujomba, Youth Organizer
Carlen Finn, Senior Policy Associate
Infinite Culcleasure, Organizer and Policy Associate at Voices for Vermont’s Children
Lessons Learned: Exploring VT's Youth Experience During the Pandemic AND How We Can Move Forward to Create More Engaging and Equitable Schools
Drawing on questions and responses from students across the state, members of the UP for Learning Youth Advisory Council will present the background to their survey on Learning During COVID and facilitate a dialogue about the themes - concerns and possibilities - in the data. The dialogue will engage participants in thinking about how we move forward in reimagining our education system, instead of returning to the status quo.
Presenters:
UP for Learning Youth Advisory Council Members
Mira Novak, Shelburne Community School
Galen Reese, Lamoille Union High School
Lindsey Halman, UP for Learning
Reimagining the School Schedule with Students at the Center
Schools have responded to the pandemic with creative and dynamic scheduling. This session will provide several drafts of student-centered schedules, invite all participants to share the schedules from their schools, and together explore the strengths that we can use to build truly student-centered schedules next year and into the future.
Presenter:
Alyssa Urban, Missisquoi Union High School
What Should Be the Purpose of School?
What is the current purpose of school? Is it to educate "productive members of society?" Is it to help "level the playing field?" Is it to help students grow and be happy? Is school something students do or is it done to them? Is there a gap between what is, and what could be? In this session, participants will share their perspectives on these questions and work together to envision ways school might evolve.
Presenters:
Kate Owen, Mary Bosco, Eldon Crossett: Thetford Academy YATST Team